Melchnau

municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q66879
Melchnau
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Melchnau

Summary

Melchnau is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Melchnau ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melchnau was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Melchnau is located in Administrative District Oberaargau[4].
  • Melchnau is located in Canton of Berne[5].
  • Melchnau is in the country of Switzerland[6].
  • Melchnau's image is recorded as Melchnau Dorf.JPG[7].
  • Melchnau's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8].
  • Melchnau's official language is recorded as German[9].
  • Melchnau's shares border with is recorded as Reisiswil[10].
  • Melchnau's shares border with is recorded as Gondiswil[11].
  • Melchnau's shares border with is recorded as Busswil bei Melchnau[12].
  • Melchnau's shares border with is recorded as Madiswil[13].
  • Melchnau's shares border with is recorded as Langenthal[14].
  • Melchnau's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Melchnau COA.svg[15].
  • Melchnau's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 243191153[16].
  • Melchnau's GND ID is recorded as 4612478-0[17].
  • Melchnau's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Melchnau 2024.png[18].
  • Melchnau's postal code is recorded as 4917[19].
  • Melchnau's Commons category is recorded as Melchnau[20].
  • Melchnau's licence plate code is recorded as BE[21].
  • Melchnau's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1682553[22].
  • Melchnau's local dialing code is recorded as 062[23].
  • Melchnau's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.183055555556, 'lon': 7.8527777777778}[24].
  • Melchnau's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fpj82[25].
  • Melchnau's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 333[26].
  • Melchnau's official website is recorded as https://www.melchnau.ch[27].

Body

Geography

Melchnau is in the country of Switzerland[6]. Located in include Administrative District Oberaargau[4], an administrative district of the canton of Bern[28], in Switzerland[29] and Canton of Berne[5], a canton of Switzerland[30], in Switzerland[31], founded in 1848[32].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.4'}[33] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.28'}[34]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+481'}[35] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+546'}[36]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1536'}[37], {'amount': '+1517'}[38], {'amount': '+1455'}[39], {'amount': '+1464'}[40], {'amount': '+1485'}[41], and {'amount': '+1468'}[42].

Designation and Status

Melchnau's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8].

Why It Matters

Melchnau ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2] Melchnau has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43]

References

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  35. [34] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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